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  1. A fresh mind in need of any advice

    If I had just sucked it up and gone the university route and gotten my bsn then I would be a nurse already. My school is highly competitive and it took me three years to get in AFTER i had completed...
  2. Do you like the uniforms they give you for your school?

    ours are Landau in Silver with our school name embroidered in red. We got to choose our own style in the pant which was great and we have a white lab coat with our patch on the arm. We can wear any...
  3. pell is not enough!

    Mississippi has a WIN job center on every campus. they have funding in different programs that can help. Also all of the hospitals in mississippi and tennessee have programs that help you too. You...
  4. Horizontal Violence in Class & Clinicals

    I thought it was called lateral violence. It doesnt affect me at all, I dont participate. If people feel a need to discuss me then so be it. I have very little time to pay attention to it. Plus I have...
  5. My Clinical Instructor does not trust me

    actually in my experience as a former very shy timid person, it helps to bring me out of my shell to be with a loud confident person. Monkey see monkey do. this sounds rude and insensitive but what...
  6. Student RN needing help!

    if you are unable to find help here, can you ask friends or other classmates if they have a relative that is a nurse? Maybe you can get your interview that way. So sorry that you had a tough time...
  7. Trick Test

    make good use of your syllabus. Make sure that you are studying the objectives for each chapter that are listed on the syllabus and read the chapters thouroughly. and excuse my spelling too cause im...
  8. For Fun--Kudos 2 Me...The "toot your own horn" thread

    made through our entire rounds of check offs without failing any of them! ! ! a B on both of our nursing tests so far a 95 on our pharm test (woop! i stink at math) Had my first physical assessment on...
  9. WHY IS THIS SO HARD??? (I kid, I kid)

    i am in an amazing nursing program. I absolutely love our instructors and we have a brand new state of the art lab and facility. Its amazing... BUT not everyone is so lucky. As another previous poster...
  10. treatment of student nurses on the floor

    where I live ONLY hospitals that are teaching hospitals will allow student
  11. those who have the apps...

    i use the free apps. and there are several really good ones. look up lippicotts
  12. treatment of student nurses on the floor

    i find the first responders post offensive. Student nurses attend clinicals at "teaching hospitals" Meaning that the nurses there are involved with educating us. NO its not their primary job and...
  13. what's a good stethoscope for nursing school?

    what is everyone using now (3 years since any posts on this thread
  14. finding a brachial artery

    middle of the crease of inside elbow, put your finger right in the middle and then move a little to the right (pinkie
  15. The consequences of religious belief..

    i think i learn just as much on this forum as I do in class. I think my instructors should assign us all to have an account
  16. Which Specialty Do You Have Your Eye On?

    lol i hear ya. after reading this thread it seems like alot of peeps want to go into LD.... we will be fighting over jobs
  17. Which Specialty Do You Have Your Eye On?

    L&D for me too. Its always been my goal, however that isnt to say that in the next two years I wont stumble upon something that speaks to my heart in a bigger
  18. Took 265 questions and feel like horrible.

    if it wont allow you to reregister then you passed. If you failed it will proceed to allow you to make a new
  19. Exam Study Techniques!

    i write absolutely everything down on note cards. Not really flashcard style just small bits of info that I can process better when im not looking at a page with tons of stuff to remember. I take ten...
  20. Oh how can I pass when 3 out of 4 answers seem correct

    here is another example of best answer: Nurse needs to assess vital signs for a new patient. What is the most important action the nurse can take to prevent spread of infectious disease. 1) use a...
  21. nursing school - the cost on a child

    i also have three kids. ages 4, 7, and 9. I sped as much time as I can with them, meaning i get little to no sleep because school work comes after they go to bed or while they are at school and im not...
  22. Getting your CI's attention

    great response ^^ i agree. Email her and ask to meet her in her office one afternoon on a non clinical day. List all your questions and any concerns you have with your clinical work and talk to her...
  23. The consequences of religious belief..

    interesting! Thanks
  24. Issues @ work, need suggestions

    report her to whoever you need to report to that she has recently gotten a
  25. The consequences of religious belief..

    Im also curious to hear from any JW members we have. I can repect any adults decision to uphold their faith.... but I have to admit that if it had been a child that needed blood and the parents...